were importing
- past progressive of import.
Example Sentences
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In Brazil they couldn’t grow wheat for a time, and before they were importing it, they were relying on cassava flour everywhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Smith noted, for example, that some of the chemical analyses could have been interpreted as evidence that Egyptians were importing plants found in the present-day Americas.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
The team also discovered that both before and after the 586 B.C.E. calamity, Judeans were importing fish from the Nile.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 11, 2022
Gulf Coast that were importing Russian barrels could potentially resume processing Venezuelan heavy oil and fuel, among their preferred feedstock for specialized units.
From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2022
Already they planned a garden, and in the evenings were as likely to talk of turnips, beets, peas, beans, and potatoes as of the new Hereford bulls Larson and Harshaw were importing from Denver.
From The Fighting Edge by Raine, William MacLeod
